Abstract: A system is disclosed that facilitates creation of a web-based user interface which obtains user profile information from a database, gathers information from one or more users regarding product characteristics, correlates the user responses, performs statistical analysis of the user responses and presents the statistical analysis in a user comprehendible manner. The system also stores statistical ratings in a database correlated to a particular product or service. Ratings are provided to a user from the database based on a particular product or service, and the database can be queried to retrieve one or more user profiles that have rated a product of interest to the current use.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that facilitates web-based a virtually ubiquitous network interface is created by obtaining user profile information from a user and activity information from a user device, storing the user profile information and activity information in a database, providing access to the database from any Internet enabled device with appropriate security clearance for altering the database, receiving permission from the user to allow a third party to access the user profile, providing the third party access to a public subset of the user profile, receiving and storing content from the third party, and synchronizing the database and an Internet enabled device. The system responds to unsolicited updates from Internet enabled devices such as gas meters, electrical meters and household appliances to keep a user profile current.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that facilitates creation of a web-based user interface which obtains user profile information from a database, gathers information from one or more users regarding product characteristics, correlates the user responses, performs statistical analysis of the user responses and presents the statistical analysis in a user comprehendible manner. The system also stores statistical ratings in a database correlated to a particular product or service. Ratings are provided to a user from the database based on a particular product or service, and the database can be queried to retrieve one or more user profiles that have rated a product of interest to the current use.

Abstract: A system is disclosed that facilitates a web-based user interface to a particular application program that is enabled by obtaining user profile information, parsing the content of the particular application, matching the parsed content to user profile information and presenting the parsed content matches in a format based on information in the user's profile on a display. An innovative pattern matching system is integrated into the match processing to provide improved matching capability.